Commodity derivatives
Energy Risk Software Rankings: testing times for technology
Commodities software users vote for the technologies that steered them through the recent chaos
Coal house of the year, Asia: Tata International Singapore
Energy Risk Asia awards, 2018: Vietnamese deal puts Tata International Singapore on the map
Base metals house of the year, Asia: BOCI
Energy Risk Asia awards, 2018: Chinese market expertise and a growing international platform enables BOCI to attract base metals business in Asia and beyond
Derivatives house of the year, Asia: BNP Paribas
Energy Risk Asia awards, 2018: BNP Paribas continues to boost its presence in Asian commodities with a focus on bespoke solutions
Sanctions and renewables inform LME product plans
Metal exchange expansion focuses on effects of geopolitics and boom in demand for batteries
Sponsored video: Bethanie Castelnuovo, SCB
Bethanie Castelnuovo, chief financial officer at SCB, gives her reaction to SCB’s wins at the Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2018 and her thoughts on the organisation's business outlook.
OTF uncertainty adds to Mifid II guesswork
Commodity firms need clarity on new type of venues to adjust to imminent rules
Top 10 energy risks and challenges
Regulation and changing market dynamics among threats to energy in year ahead
Are failure indexes fair play?
Regulators must clarify stance on trading off big-data forecasts of outages, writes energy consultant
US courts restrict reach of Commodity Exchange Act
Recent cases make it harder to pursue instances of overseas misconduct
Esma adviser says position limits to be published in Nov
Task force member warns of market “disorder” in tight window before Mifid II goes live
Too little, too late: Esma data won’t fix energy firms’ Mifid woes
Data confusion and unworkable exemption timeframe risk commodity market disruption
Esma to publish Mifid II commodity market data by July
Data vital to establish if firms are in Mifid II, but it will be incomplete, agency says
Mifid trading rules cast a shadow over position limits
Contracts caught will depend on trading obligation rules that are still unclear
What financialisation means for oil: Ilia Bouchouev of Koch
Investor demand now drives oil prices as much as physical fundamentals
‘Wrong type of liquidity’ spells trouble for energy hedges
Cyclical lull conceals structural shift as liquidity becomes shorter-dated and more flighty
Plastics hedging rising amid US chemical industry boom
Interest in plastics derivatives is rising as a result of changing market dynamics, but major obstacles still limit its growth potential, finds Stella Farrington
Commodity premia: It’s all about risk control
Luc Dumontier and Guillaume Garchery of La Française Investment Solutions present the main commodity risk premia, ways to implement them and pitfalls to avoid
Vote now in the Energy Risk Commodity Rankings
Voting is open in the 2016 Energy Risk Commodity Rankings, which rank the top dealers and brokers in the global commodity derivatives market
Asia oil dealer of the year: BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas has helped Asian producers and consumers to cope with the dramatic moves in oil markets in the past 18 months
Energy firms blast new Mifid II rules on commodities
Energy firms will abandon commodity derivatives markets if the EU fails to broaden ancillary business exemption, industry groups warn